| JETLI | Chinese actor who appears in The Expendables (3,2) |
| EFRON | Actor who appears in The Greatest Showman and Baywatch, Zac ___ (5) |
| NIGHY | Bill _, actor who appears in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (5) |
| EXTRA | Actor who appears in the background of a scene |
| TREJO | Machete Kills actor who appears in Muppets Most Wanted, Danny ___ (5) |
| NOLTE | Cape Fear actor who appears in Tropic Thunder, Nick _ (5) |
| TERRY | _ Crews, Hale Caesar in The Expendables films (5) |
| TAIT | Peter ___ The Brokenwood Mysteries actor who appears in the TV series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power |
| HUANG | Chinese actor and model, star of Operation Red Sea, - Jingyu (5) |
| BYRNE | Aussie actor who appears with her partner in Domain ads (5) |
| CERA | Michael ___, Canadian actor who appears in the 2025 sci-fi film The Running Man (4) |
| MICHAELKEATON | "Birdman" actor who appears in the 2015 film "Spotlight": 2 wds. |
| CLERKIN | Cavan _, Pulling actor who appears in The Last Kingdom (7) |
| HIRSCH | Judd _, Independence Day actor who appears in The Fabelmans (6) |
| ESPOSITO | Breaking Bad actor who appears in the game Far Cry 6, Giancarlo _ (8) |
| ALLEN | US poet of the Beat Generation who appears in the opening segment of D A Pennebaker's film, Dont Look Back |
| ADLER | Irene, female character who appears in the Sherlock Holmes story A Scandal In Bohemia (5) |
| TROUT | Fictional alter ego of the writer Kurt Vonnegut who appears in the novel God Bless You, Mr Rosewater (5) |
| MERYL | Streep who appears in the upcoming Mary Poppins Returns |
| SUSIE | This is a girl who appears in the special issue (5) |
